My last flight was delayed a long while but I got home safely today all the same. It was around 5AM L.A. time / 2PM Rome time on Wednesday morning, though, so I will be out of reach until Thursday afternoon. But I'm here and somewhat accounted for.

My angle is that despite the fact that this was a gamer-related event, it was conceived by non-gamers, which, to me, negates the argument that violence in games is going to lead to violence by gamers. . . but then again, I kinda do believe that (extreme) violence in games can lead to violence among kids. --- acknowledging that those broken homes they come from don't help any.

But you're right, the media will use this as a condemnation of the ratings and standards of acceptance in games.

Imus was just a putz to talk shit. Aye, these are some [insert adjecdtive] here times we're living in. We really just need to get rid of the stupid people in the world. If only we could easily pick them out, but nothing gets effectively done by committee. So I guess we're stuck with the system.